The Civil War

The Civil War. Indiana and the nation ripped apart. More than six hundred thousand dead, including twenty-five thousand Hoosiers. Although Indiana was part of the Union, Hoosiers fought for the North...and the South. Indiana, and the rest of the country, were deeply divided over slavery.

Indiana's wartime governor, Oliver Morton, was a steadfast Lincoln supporter and helped raise and fund troops for the union army. The intense division of the war left Hoosiers, and all Americans, as still one people, but barely.

The country - once again - is deeply divided. Slavery, and its aftermath, left a legacy of racism that still exists today. How can we resolve our differences with peace and civility? How can we ensure a state, and a nation, with "liberty and justice for all"?

Primary Sources

Article XIIIProhibiting free blacks in IndianaSource: Indiana Historical SocietyCompelling Question: How should the movement of people between states – and nations – be regulated?